Ukraine is well prepared to receive a visa-free regime with the member countries of the European Union, and therefore there is no need for additional security measures, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said on Thursday, Ukrinform reports.

On Wednesday, May 17, in Strasbourg, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took part in the signing ceremony of the legislative act on abolishing visa requirements for Ukrainians for short-term trips to the countries of the European Union and the Schengen zone.

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli says that the EU hopes for the completion of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement ratification by the Netherlands until the end of June.

The EU's provision of a visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens is an important step for de-occupation of Crimea and Donbas, as this is an additional motivation for the residents of the occupied territories to return to Ukraine. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said this in an interview with 1+1 TV Channel.

Lifting visa regime with the EU opens the possibility for citizens of Ukraine to travel not only to Europe. Visa-free regime with the European Union will allow Ukrainians to travel to more than 35 countries of Asia and Latin America. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said this in a TV interview.

The approval by the Council of the European Union of a visa-free regime for Ukraine is the return of Ukrainians to our common European home, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in his address on the occasion of the decision of the Council of the EU to approve legislative initiative on the introduction of visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens, the press service of the Head of State reported.

The European Parliament confirms that a visa-free regime for travel of Ukrainian citizens to EU countries will be introduced on June 11. Dariusz Rosati, Chairman of the European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, said this on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER) has approved the draft legislative act on including Ukraine in the list of the third countries whose nationals should not be in possession of visas when crossing the borders of the EU Member States, Ukrinform reports citing the Council of the European Union.